Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Robert F. Smith
Morehouse College Commencement 2019, 2019
Everything is always working out for me.
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Oprah Winfrey
Colorado College Commencement 2019, 2019
Anything that seems to be set in stone or inalterable can, indeed, change.
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Angela Merkel
Harvard Commencement 2019, 2019
Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is.
speech graduation courage
Angela Merkel
Harvard Commencement 2019, 2019
It would be better to fail doing something challenging, something worthwhile, something I was excited to show the world, than to succeed doing something safe that wouldn't actually inspire much at all.
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Josh Groban
High Point University Commencement 2018, 2018
When the fear comes from a place of wanting to follow through with a passion, something you believe in — it's real good. If you aren't scared, be worried.
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Josh Groban
High Point University Commencement 2018, 2018
You were never Little Red Riding Hood. You were always the wolf.
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Abby Wambach
Barnard College Commencement 2018, 2018
Failure is not something to be ashamed of, it's something to be powered by. Failure is the highest octane fuel your life can run on.
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Abby Wambach
Barnard College Commencement 2018, 2018
You will not always be the goal scorer. And when you are not, you better be rushing toward her.
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Abby Wambach
Barnard College Commencement 2018, 2018
No just cause is futile, even if it's lost. What matters is to keep going, no matter what. Keep going.
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Hillary Clinton
Yale University Class Day 2018, 2018
Trust that inner voice. Because more than ever we need people to be guided by their own senses of principle — and not the whims of a culture that prizes ambition, and sensationalism, and celebrity, and vulgarity, and doing whatever it takes to win.
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Ronan Farrow
Loyola Marymount University Commencement 2018, 2018
Failure is not something to be ashamed of, it's something to be powered by. Failure is the highest octane fuel your life can run on. You gotta learn to make failure your fuel.
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Abby Wambach
Barnard College Commencement 2018, 2018